Holiday Foods
This is the traditional main course at a Thanksgiving meal
What is turkey
These are the decorations used during Ramadan
What are colored lanterns
This holiday has people decorating their house with trees, wreaths, and garland to name a few things
What is Christmas
Buddy the Elf works at this department store
What is Gimbels
This holiday is a day for Chinese people to visit the tombs of their ancestors to pay their respects, care for and clean them
What is Tomb Sweeping Day
Popular during Diwali, these small, triangular savory pastry pockets are stuffed with potatoes and peas and flavored with spices like fennel seeds, cumin seeds, coriander powder, garam masala and more and often served with a spicy chutney
What are samosas
These are used to decorate Christmas trees and can be in many shapes, sizes, and colors. In the U.S., children often make them.
What are ornaments
This holiday is known for abstinence from all food or drink, including water and chewing gum, from dawn to sunset for 30 days.
What is Ramadan
The Grinch's dog Max is dressed as this animal
What is a reindeer
This holiday is widely associated with Lakshmi, goddess of prosperity and Ganesha, god of wisdom and the remover of obstacles
What is Diwali
These are special fruits eaten during Ramadan
What are dates
You might see shamrocks and leprchauns all over during this holiday
What is St Patrick's day
This holiday is celebrated primarily by Catholics around the world on November 1, although it wasn't always celebrated on that day. Across much of Europe, the day is commemorated with offerings of flowers or lit candles left on the graves of the dead.
What is All Saints Day
He's told "you'll shoot your eye out" when he tells Santa his Christmas wish
Who is Ralphie
Celebrated on July 14th, this holiday commemorates the storming of a military fortress and prison which started the French Revolution
What is Bastille Day
This fish cured in lye that is gelatious in texture is prepared as a holiday dish in several Nordic countries
What is Lutefisk
This is the focal point of Christmas decorations in Frane
What is the crèche, or nativity scene
You should kiss the one you love at the stroke of midnight on this holiday
What is New Year's Eve
This item was taken from Santa's sleigh in The Polar Express
What is a bell
These festivities date back to 1723 with the Portuguese immigrants from the islands of Açores, Madeira and Cabo Verde introducing the Entrudo. People went out onto the streets soaking each other with buckets of water and threw mud and food, which often ended up in street brawls and riots.
What is Carnival
Traditionally the southern Chinese will eat this food, its name meaning a higher level of life, to celebrate the New Year
What is Niangao or Rice Cake
The dragon is part of the ceremonies for this festival, especially when people want to ask for good fortune.
What is the Chinese/Lunar New Year
This Mexican-American Christmas celebration is the recreation of Mary and Joseph's search for places to stay on the night of Jesus' birth
What is Las Posadas
This happens every time a bell rings
What is an angel gets its wings
Halloween stems from this Celtic tradition
What is Samhain